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Communicating confidence in kids

Recently I read a great article about a successful captain of a current Australian Rules football team. It seems the great strength of this captain being featured was his ability to instil self-belief in his fellow players.
According to the reporter he doesn’t so much inspire or motivate his team-mates. He communicates confidence in them.
That’s what great parents do. They communicate confidence in their kids. They find ways to get across to their kids that they believe they can perform & succeed, deal with life’s challenges and do things on their own.
This is timely as there’s been a lot of debate recently about whether it’s genetics or environment that determines kids’ confidence levels.
I believe that the confidence trait is genetic.............. to a point. The Australian Temperament Study demo...(sign-up as a member to continue reading this article)

Michael is the author of 9 parenting books, including his new release Tech your kids to SHRUG,Thriving! and the best-selling Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change it.

His popular parenting columns appear in newspapers and magazines across Australia. He appears regularly on television including Channel 10’s Studio 10, and is a popular & entertaining speaker as well as a frequent columnist for a variety of written media. He also has a regular fortnightly half hour parenting segment on ABC radio Victoria.

Michael has an education background,and holds a Master of Educational Studies with research into what makes healthy families tick. He has conducted over 1,500 parenting seminars over the last two decades.

Michael is married with three adult children who have all successfully flown the parent nest.